2011

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

The holidays for the kids at McLaughlin Youth Detention Center were brightened by the efforts of 49 Writers volunteers and other community volunteers who came together to Bring the Outside In. This mini-conference, planned by 49 Writers volunteers Lizbeth Meredith and Lee Post, was designed to introduce detained youth to creative opportunities accessible to them upon their […]

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Andromeda: Buy Fresh Fish Here: Rick Moody and Why Great Writing Is Hard to Teach

A few of you asked me what I learned at my latest MFA residency. You may have expected a shorter answer, nonetheless…. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending a graduate seminar taught by visiting guest Rick Moody (Ice Storm, The Black Veil), often lauded as one of our top chroniclers of contemporary

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Deb: 2011 Retrospective

Hats off to whoever came up with the idea of celebrating the transition from one year to the next.  Without this annual rite of passage, we’d barrel ahead without taking time to look back and see all we’ve accomplished together at 49 Writers/49Alaska Writing Center. Instruction, events, and outreach are our primary focus as we

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Sherry Simpson: Write or Die

Once upon a time, most writers used a quaint device called a “typewriter” to produce their work. (Here’s what it looks like, young people.) But that venerable tool has never been a necessity, even for modern writers. Most of Vladimir Nabokov’s novels began on 3-by-5 index cards. John Le Carre composed his books in longhand.

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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

What a year!  Next week we’ll run a 49 Writers 2011 retrospective, but in the meantime we’re looking ahead toward 2012.  Mark your calendars first for January 1, when online registration opens for our spring term.  From our “Publish and Promote” series to plot, poetry, submissions, and more, we’ve got something for pretty much everyone.

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Andromeda: Foreign Rights-One Part of the Changing Book Market

Eowyn’s Ivey The Snow Child and Andromeda Romano-Lax’s The Spanish Bow: Alaska books that have found their way into foreign markets. Why might I need an agent? Because the book market becomes more complicated every day, and various rights—from electronic to foreign—need to be handled with care. I’ll be teaching a three-hour clinic, called “Agents:

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Deb: Welcome, Linda!

Linda Ketchum, new 49 Writers Executive Director (as of Jan. 1) Last week we announced that the 49 Writers board of directors selected Linda Ketchum from a field of truly remarkable candidates to serve as our Executive Director.  Linda will do a proper introduction of herself when she takes the reins in January, but in

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Information Wrangling: A Guest Post by Sherry Simpson

Nothing makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something heroic more than reading a book like Getting Things Done by management guru David Allen. Alas, I prefer reading about grand plans rather than instituting them. Apparently I’m not organized enough to become that organized. (For less overwhelming ideas about time management and productivity, see 43Folders: Time,

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